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Solving the difficulty of selling grain requires a coordinated consideration of industrial chain issues
Although many regions in China had a bumper grain harvest this autumn, farmers could hardly feel joyful during the autumn grain purchasing season. Recently, supply pressure in the grain market has increased, and combined with previously low market grain prices and persistently high domestic inventories, farmers' profit margins have been squeezed. Jiangsu, Henan and other places have once again
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Breaking contracts and abandoning farmland: why has land transfer hit a wall?
Although a 10-year land transfer contract was just signed last year, more than 250 mu of farmland belonging to villagers in Beilangbao Village, Cheng'an County, was still abandoned by the land contractor in breach of contract. In early April, reporters interviewing rural areas in Xingtai, Handan and other places in Hebei found that land transfer
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He never worries about selling his grain. How did he do it?
Although corn purchase prices are currently low and ordinary farmers are finding it hard to sell their corn, Li Bo, a large-scale grain farmer in Cheng'an County, Hebei Province, has no trouble selling his corn. Li Bo, who farms with an "industrial mindset," said with a smile: "My corn quality is among the best in the surrounding area, and the yield is both high and good, so big companies buy directly from me."
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Fertilizer winter storage has begun, so why is progress slow?
As the year draws to a close, this year's winter storage has officially begun. At the same time, the "2015 Tariff Implementation Plan" issued in mid-December explicitly abolished the off-season and peak-season window tariffs, leading most fertilizer enterprises to take an optimistic view of next year's fertilizer export situation. This has caused the long-sluggish urea
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Grain recall system adds another lock to food security
Although China has had bumper grain harvests year after year, quality and safety still face many challenges, and safety risks from production, circulation, processing and consumption still exist. China will implement a grain recall system. When grain operators discover that the harmful substance content of the grain they sell
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China's out-of-quota corn imports carry high risks
Although the widening price gap between domestic corn and the international market has made full-tariff corn imports more attractive, analysts point out that out-of-quota imports carry significant risks, mainly because domestic corn stocks are huge, and auctions of state-reserve corn could narrow the price gap between domestic and international markets.
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How Large a Farming Scale Counts as Moderate Operation?
Although family farms, specialized cooperatives and other new types of agricultural business entities have gradually gained momentum, Zhang Baohua, a farmer in Zhangqiu City, has this year sharply reduced the area he devotes to grain cultivation. Just how large an area the new types of agricultural business entities should operate to count as moderate is a question worth pondering. If the area is too small, more
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The situation for geological disaster prevention and control remains severe, and vigilance must be strengthened this year
"Although last year's geological disaster situation was not serious, this year's prevention and control situation is not optimistic." A relevant official from the Ministry of Land and Resources said recently. It is understood that in 2014, the number of deaths and missing persons and direct economic losses caused by geological disasters in China decreased significantly year on year. Nationwide last
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How should the connotation of new urbanization be comprehensively understood?
Although urbanization was a phenomenon that appeared earlier in developed countries, different countries have different national conditions, and their development paths and forms of expression also have their own characteristics. China has summarized the experience and lessons of urbanization development at home and abroad and put forward the development approach of new urbanization. This is an innovative exploration of the path and realization methods of urbanization based on China's
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Combining Farmyard Manure with Chemical Fertilizer Is the Scientific Way to Fertilize
Although the three autumns have passed, the fertilizer trade war still rages. As the saying goes, "A crop is a flower, and it all depends on fertilizer to keep it going," and the debate among farmers over whether farmyard manure or chemical fertilizer should rule the roost continues. Chemical fertilizer trade war spreads across town and countryside. In Youjia Village, Qingcheng Town, Gaoqing County, Shandong Province, 55-year-old farmer
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